Jim Kilchermann Jr. shares his experience & expertise of the great outdoors

Walk a mile for a fish, I wish!

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By Jim Kilchermann Jr.

Michigan native Jim Kilchermann Jr. is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys sharing and hearing stories about hunting and fishing adventures. Raised in Hubbardston, Mich., Jim gained a vast amount of hunting and fishing expertise from members of the
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Michigan native Jim Kilchermann Jr. is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys sharing and hearing stories about hunting and fishing adventures. Raised in Hubbardston, Mich., Jim gained a vast amount of hunting and fishing expertise from members of the community who were generous enough to share their outdoor knowledge. He hopes to continue that tradition and encourage future generations to hunt, fish and appreciate the outdoors and all it has to offer.

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My brother Brad showing off a nice fresh run steelhead taken on one of our recent fishing excursions.

By Jim Kilchermann Jr.

March 23, 2013
12:34 p.m.

I have been known to say that I would walk a mile for a fish. I have recently amended this to state that I would walk five miles for a steelhead! On a recent fishing trip with my brother Brad, we found that the best tactic to hook one of these spring bruisers. We began having luck when we stopped casting our spawn upstream and letting it drift down past us. We began casting straight out from the shore and then walking down stream adjacent to our floating bait until it was taken by a fish. This process of walking down while floating our bait and then walking back up stream to begin the process again WORE ME OUT!

The fish are brutally strong this time of year and hooking into one of these beauties was exillerating to say the least. I hooked many more fish than I landed but I am not upset. The fish deserve to win the battle every once in a while. The steelhead season is just about to bust wide open and fishing should be picking up and hitting a peak in the next few weeks in Michigan. I will be focusing most of my outdoor time on this fish from now until mid/late April.